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At Grandfather's House

Date: 1955
Description: A young boy helps his grandfather unload a cart of split logs.
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Family having Coffee in Yard

Date: 1874
Description: A family is seated around a table while a woman pours the coffee. Behind them, two people stand in the doorway of a frame house. A man stands on the roof o...
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Family in Yard of Farmhouse

Date: 1872
Description: A family is posing in the yard of a farmhouse near the porch. A child is sitting in a baby buggy. Farm buildings, farm implements, wagons and people are in...
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Tschirren Family Having Lunch in the Field

Date: 1958
Description: Men, women, and children of the Tschirren family having lunch on a wagon in their field. The Tschirrens had a farm in Niedermuhlern, Switzerland.
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Ho-Chunk Summer Lodges

Date: 
Description: Ho-Chunk summer lodges behind a fence surrounded by trees. In the foreground is a wagon.
Painting

Haying Time

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Description: A farm boy is riding the "hay-fork horse" as the farmer is loading hay into the barn during haying time in July.
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Man Loading Wagon with Corn Stalks

Date: 10 22 1922
Description: Man in field loading a horse-drawn wagon with silage corn.
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Group Picnic

Date: 1915
Description: A group of men, women, and children stand outdoors in front of Shiloh Church for an outdoor meal. They are eating food laid out on a long table made out of...
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Woman Chopping Wood

Date: 1923
Description: A woman using an axe to chop wood in a rural area. A pile of logs is in the background.
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Two Boys with a Pail of Water

Date: 1913
Description: Two boys holding a pail of water. There is a wagon parked near a building in the background. Original caption reads: "Bringing a pail of warm water for the...
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Paul Koll Farm

Date: 08 1980
Description: "Making hay on the Paul Koll farm."
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Batzler Farm

Date: 08 1983
Description: "Threshing on the Batzler farm."
Postcard

Three Men Having Lunch

Date: 1921
Description: Three men sitting on the ground next to a horse-drawn wagon are having lunch. Two of them have jugs; one is holding a cup. All three are wearing work cloth...
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Trient (Trento)

Date: 
Description: Transporting food supplies.
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Albert Rhode, Mrs. Rinka, and Eva

Date: 1924
Description: On a sunny day, Albert Rhode is driving the horse-drawn wagon, with Mrs. Rinka is sitting beside him. Eva is in the back of the wagon, sitting behind the f...

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